4 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Clinical findings among asbestos workers in U.S.: influence of cigarette smoking
All members of a large union were invited to participate in a study of potentially adverse effects of asbestos exposure. Clinical findings among 1,117 workers (90% of those eligible for examination) are presented in this…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Symptomatic benign pleural effusions among asbestos insulation workers: residual radiographic abnormalities
This cross-sectional survey examined 2815 asbestos insulation workers from a union cohort in the United States and Canada, each with 30 or more years since first exposure, in 1981 to 1983. The article does not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Hazards of lung biopsy in asbestos workers
…asbestos insulation workers had lung biopsies and what happened afterwards. It drew on a union cohort of 17 800 insulation workers in the United States and Canada. Of 2907 living members who had reached 30 years…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Asbestosis: interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and pleural fibrosis in a cohort of asbestos insulation workers: influence of cigarette smoking
…first medical examination of 1,117 New York-New Jersey asbestos insulation workers, who were 89.4% of the 1,249 eligible union members. The films were reread using the 1971 International Labour Office classification without…